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Meaning of 棘

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Pinyin:
English Definition: thorns
Chinese Definition:
①酸枣树,茎上多刺;泛指有刺的苗木:荆棘。棘手(喻事情难办)。棘刺。棘针。
②针形的刺:棘皮动物。
③古同“戟”,兵器。
Total strokes: 12; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (thorn) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] thorn, sting, prickle; to stab; to assassinate
    • [ ] thorn, sting, prickle; to stab; to assassinate
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Example Words
棘手 shǒu thorny (problem); intractable
荆棘 jīng thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth
沙棘 shā sea-buckthorn
披荆斩棘 jīng zhǎn lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom); fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way; to break through hardships; to blaze a new trail
棘皮动物 dòng echinoderm, the phylum containing sea urchins, sea cucumbers etc
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Example Sentences
1
But how might dim light have brought about dendritic spine changes?
2
The blue swellings on the tip of each spine are filled with venom.
3
Sea urchins brandish their spines on the seafloor near the Channel Islands.
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Over the course of four weeks, they spotted coelacanths only six times.
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These small, spiny echinoderms are found in oceans all over the world.